He can kill anyone with his dangerous blue eye charm and intoxicating smirk. No one dares to mess with billionaire Travis Deveraux except his childhood sweetheart Chanel Desrosier.
She is competitive, bossy and very particular with her business. Get...
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After ten day of wait and constant reminders from my team ,the Deveraux's have finally agreed for the meeting, which I shall remind you again was for our mutual benefit.
'Alla moda' is a lavish brand that speaks for its work. Never have I ever had to wait for these many days to fix a bloody appointment.
I was currently accompanied by Taliia, my secretary to the Deveraux's office to put in the proposal in person and discuss the various terms which may arise if we signed the contract.
"Good evening, ma'am! I am Olivia, Mr. Deverauxs's manager. I am here to guide you to Mr. Deveraux" Her tone was polite and welcoming.
I nodded and we went into the elevator, which dropped us on the 58th floor where Travis's office was located.
Olivia knocked on the door and a positive answer came from inside. She held the door for me and Tallia before entering inside, herself.
My eyes roam around the room and transfixed at him. He was laid back on his chair with a sly smile hanging on his lips.
"Have a seat, Miss Desrosier"
I pulled one chair and adjusted myself on the it while Tallia did the same.
"As you have been informed, I am here to propose you the idea of our collaboration on the La Notte's project."
"Propose me then....with your idea offcourse" he smiled sweetly, first at me and then towards Tallia.
I cleared my throat.
"La Notte's are planning to build a grand hotel in the coastal area of spain. They will require a variety of people and companies to complete this task but the most essential of the two would be a builder and a designer"
I maintained the eye contact before continuing. " So my idea is that YOU can play the builder and I will play the desinger. Together we can throw them an offer which they won't be able to refuse."
For a second he didn't say anything. His eyes were lost in deep thinking. Good. He is considering something.
"What do you say?"
"Hmm Your idea is alright Miss Desrosier. But care to explain why all of a sudden you decided to be so generous towards me?"
He got up from his chair and started moving towards me.
"Do you have any ulterior motive behind all this?" His voice low and tone serious.
There is no way he is suspecting something. I opened my mouth "I-I was just...." and he started laughing.
"Calm down, Miss Desrosier. I was lightning up the environment little bit."
He walked past me towards a set of drawers and withdrew a grey file.
"Here, I have got this contract ready, before. It contains the terms from my side. Add yours and get this signed by us, after" He tossed the file on the table, infront of me.
What..? My eyebrows furrowed. How has he already done with the contract when I just came and proposed him the idea. I looked at him with questioning eyes.
He had a vicious smirk playing across his lips. "What? When you sent us the mail, I was already aware what you are going to propose. You being a designer and I being the builder. What else idea could you have come up with. Two plus Two isn't hard, Miss Desrosier."
I was almost agape but nevertheless let out an scoff. "If you were so much aware of everything then why did you delayed this meeting soo much.?" I asked quite bitterly.
"I wanted to test your and your companies dedication towards this project and congracts you both passed. Can't collab with just any company now, can I?" He grinned.
How dare he!!! What exactly is he trying to say that my company is some random road side business that can't be trusted!?
I took a deep breath. Relax Chanel. He is just trying to get on your nerve ,that's it. You know him.
I faked a smile and matched his eyes. "I will send you this file after adding my side of terms and then we can proceed."
"Sure" Travis nodded his head along with an poor attempt of hiding his amused smirk.
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"You saw how mighty he was acting there? As if he is the only one who knows how to handle a company" I huffed to Tallia.
We were currently seated in the company's SUV heading back to Alla moda.
She smiled sheepishiy "But Ma'am you are the one because of whom they can seal their deal."
Hmm. That's right. Travis needs me. He can't close this deal alone. Hearing this from someone else only fuels my narcissism more.
With a satisfied smile I stare outside the window. This is going to be fun.
